facenda

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fazenda, from Latin faciendus. Cognate with Portuguese fazenda and Spanish hacienda.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /faˈθenda̝/

Noun

facenda f (plural facendas)

  1. (formal) possessions, wealth, fortune, heirloom
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 297:
      cata ben tua fazẽda, de tal maneyra que todos digã que de bon padre que seýo bon fillo
      take good care of your fortune, so that everyone says that of a good father came a good son
    • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes o proverbios en romance:
      A fazenda do crego, da a Deus, e leua a o demo
      The priest's wealth: God gives it, Devil takes it away
  2. cattle and animals belonging to a house, family or neighbour
    • 1853, Xoán Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega, page 4:
      A facenda no monte vai pastando
      [family's] cattle graze in the wild
  3. (archaic) business, affair
  4. (euphemistic) bollocks, family jewels

References
  • “fazenda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “fazenda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “facenda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “facenda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “facenda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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